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On October 23rd, Staff Sergeant Michael Daly and his squad were en route to West Stockbridge when the bombs fell. The Vertibird carrying the squad crashed into the roof of the Museum of Freedom due to the EMP, known as the Great Blackout, caused by the nuclear blasts. The co-pilot died in the crash, while the pilot died from his injuries a day later. The following day two other squad members - Flaherty and Kanawa - were shot by a group of panicked survivors. Afterwards, the remaining squad member, Proznanski, ran off, leaving Mike on his own. When his armor's fusion core burned out a few days later, Mike decided to go AWOL, contemplating whether that concept even existed anymore. He then headed to Boston on foot to see if his sister had survived, stating in his log that she had an apartment on Boylston Street.[1]